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anterior crural nerve which lie immediately external to the artery, 

 together with the branches of a deep branch of the artery (profunda 

 femoris) which are buried in the fat. In removing the fat from ** e awa y 



Fia. 57. DISSECTION OP SCARPA'S TRIANGULAR SPACE (ILLUSTRATIONS 

 OP DISSECTIONS). 



Muscles : 



A. Sartorius (unusually large in this 

 dissection). 



B. Iliacus. 



c. Tensor fasciae latae. 



D. Rectus femoris. 



E. Pectineus. 



F. Adductor longus. 



G. Gracilis. 



Vessels : 



a. Common femoral artery. 



b. Superficial circumflex iliac. 



c. Superficial epigastric. 



e. Superficial external pudic. 

 /. Deep circumflex iliac. 

 g. Deep epigastric. 

 h. Femoral vein. 



1. Inferior external pudic vein. 

 k. Internal saphenous vein. 



Nerves : 



The large anterior crural is close 

 outside the artery. 



2. Offset to the pectineus. 



3. Middle cutaneous. 



4. Internal cutaneous. 



5. Grenito-crural. 



6. External cutaneous. 



behind the femoral artery, the student is to look for one or two 

 small nerves to the pectineus muscle, which pass inwards about an 

 inch below Poupart's ligament. 



SCARPA'S TRIANGLE (fig. 57) is an intermuscular space containing Contents 



L 2 



